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China Agrees
To Take Steps
Against Piracy

Bid to Calm U.S. Congress
Comes as Beijing Posts
Jump in Trade Surplus

By

Neil King Jr. and

Jason DeanStaff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated July 12, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET

BEIJING -- China agreed to take steps to crack down on piracy of U.S. products as part of a package of incremental market measures meant to ease mounting anti-China sentiment in the U.S. Congress.

Taking a tough tone at the end of a one-day round of trade talks here, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez called the measures "only one step" and said the Bush administration would watch closely in coming months to "be sure that commitments translate into results."